Many are called, but only few are chosen. Print - Limited Edition of 100

A variety of pages where artists post are filled with delusional pep-talk. The latest example was a debuting writer who got ecstatic about her first rejection letter from a publisher. She saw it as a proof that the publishers started to notice her and many of the people congratulated her with that amazing feat. When I pointed out that it was most likely an automatically generated message (after 200 + rejections I know how they look like), I got the whole page over me for being "negative". Another one proudly posted: "I just got my first ever paycheck from Medium. ⁣⁣It's for 8 cents. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣And I'm genuinely PUMPED ... Proof that you should keep going. Proof that you should believe in yourself. ⁣⁣⁣Proof that your best is yet to come. ?" I wrote: "You wouldn´t be an artist when you aren´t a dreamer". She answered: "I wouldn´t be an artists if I wasn´t a doer". Great, keep making art, but it´s a thorny path for those dreaming of fame and fortunes. Many are called, but only few are chosen. It all depends how successful you are in branding yourself. Those can sell an aquarium filled with formaldehyde, put a dead shark into it, call it "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" and sell it for one million to an art dealer who on his turn sells it for 12 million USD to a banker. This is a true story: the artist´s name is Damien Hirst, the art dealer was Saatchi, and the banker´s name Steven A. Cohen. The average artists get excited when they receive 8 cents from Medium or a rejection letter of a publisher. Or that their work is selected for an exposition as long they´re willing to pay a hefty contribution.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:9 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:14.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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